Brassiere display form



Ap 1954 J. J. HELLMAN BRASSIERE DISPLAY FORM 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 19, 1952 Jacob J- Hellman INVENTOR.

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BRASSIERE DISPLAY FORM Filed Aug 19, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jacob J. Hellman zzvmvm.

Patented Apr. 27, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. BRASSIERn LiZiiAY ORM,

Jacob J Hellman, Atlanta, Ga.

Application August 19, 1952,. Serial No. 305,173

2 Claims.

1, p The present invention relates to certain. new and useful improvements in respect to which ways: and. means are provided for displaying a brassiere on a form, and the object of the invention is to provide anovel and practical means on. the. form, so that it is possible to dispense with. the use of pins, whereby to. obviate the damage to; the brassiere. and. so that if the latter is wantedby a. particular customer, it can be rechanged and the overlapped. ends. of the brassiere are punched; full of holes and the brassiere becomes-'unsalable. For this reason, there haslong existed the need. for. a form with means thereon to draw the ccnnectible ends of the brassiere tight, to stretch the brassiere on the form and to do-sawithout fear of. damageto any part of the garment .itself..

More specifically, the object of the invention is realized through the medium of simple and practical mechanical means mounted in therear open side of amold' or equivalent plastic form, said means being characterized by simple and readily mounted and usable complements which coincide with the requisite nicety and insure over-all resultfulness.

In carrying out a preferred embodiment of the invention, a fixture is mounted in the rear open side of the plastic or equivalent form and this is provided with two companion brackets, one of which is rigidly attached to the fixture and serves as a snubber and the other of which is slidably mounted and serves to take up slack and place the interconnected ends of the garment under tension, whereby said garment is effectively maintained on the form for practical display effects.

Then too, novelty is predicated on the aforementioned fixture and brackets, wherein the movable one includes a friction held sleeve or slide cooperating with a companion part of the fixture and which, when canted, retains itself in a desired position and when tripped with proper finger action, releases itself to relieve the tension on the interconnected ends so that they may then be readily separated and the brassiere taken oil. the form without difiiculty.

5 Other objects, features and advantages will 5 become more readily apparent through the following description and the accompanying sheet of drawings,

In. the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like. parts throughout thev views:

Figurel is a perspective view, which may be called a rearview, and this shows the open side of the form andthesmeansv therein for tensioning the ends of the brassiere and securing the latter in place.

Figure 2 is. a. bottom plan view of. the structure seen'in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is aperspec'tive view similar to Fi ure 1,.showing the parts, in the positions which they occupy when; the-tehsionis removedv or just prior to the: time. whensth'e ends of. the brassire .are about to be. connected. andplaced under tension.

Figure 4. is a. section on the vertical linev 4-4 of Figure l looking in the direction of the arrows Figure 5: is an exaggerated sectional. andelevational. view taken on the vertical line. 55 of Figure 4 looking in; thedirection. of the arrows.

The form, which is of commercial plastics or the like; is denoted generally by the numeral 6.

This may be any conventional type ofv form. on .which' a conventional brassire. 8. is. to be re- 30 5 movably mountedior display and advertising purposes. I The flap-like end portions. of the brassiere are denoted by the numerals l0 and. t2, while one free or terminal end is denoted at M and this is provided with eyelets Hi to accommodate hooks l8 on the other end portion 20. As before stated, the form is open at the rear side, as denoted generally by the numeral 22. Means is provided in this open available space for taking up slack and placing the interconnected ends l4 and 20 under tension was to stretch the garment on the form and to do so without having to use pins or other damaging fasteners. The means, generally speaking, is characterized by three companion components or parts; namely, fixture means 24 directly attached to the form, a first bracket 26 and a second bracket 28. said brackets being carried by said fixture.

The fixture is of inverted U-shaped form and has end portions 30 and 32 suitably fastened to the interior surfaces of what may be called the end wall portions 34-34 of the form. The intermediate or bight portion of the fixture, is denoted by the numeral 36 and it will be observed that this slants at an oblique angle, as best shown in Figure 4. The first bracket 28 is a sort of a snubber and it is of L-shaped form and one arm 38 overlies and is riveted at 40 to the intermediate portion of the bight portion 36. The longer arm 42 is cylindrical in cross-section and of any suitable length, and it depends at right angles from said bight portion.

The shiftable or relatively movable bracket is denoted by the numeral 28 and comprises an arm or leg 44 attached to a slide which takes the form of a sleeve 46. The sleeve slidably embraces the bight portion and has depending end portions 48-48 straddling and riveted or otherwise connected at 50 to the upper end of the arm. The sleeve is shaped to embrace the slightly pitched or obliquely inclined bight portion 36 in the manner best shown in Figure 4. This sleeve functions as sort of a friction clutch and when it is in a set position it occupies the tilted position seen in Figure 5, whereupon at least one edge bites into the bight portion and thus locks itself in a set position.

In practice, the brassiere is fitted on the form to conform therewith in the manner shown, for example, in Figure 3 and the end portion is looped over the shiftable bracket arm or leg 44 in the manner shown at 54. It is then provided with a sort of a return bend at 56 and the end portion I4 is now carried around over and situated over the leg or arm 42. The fasteners l6 and iii are now joined and then the entire bracket 48 is shoved from its position, as shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 1, whereupon it places the bend or loop 54 under tension. In

fact, the interconnected ends l0 and I2 are now tensioned by removal of the slack and when they are fully taut the bracket 28 is slightly tilted or canted so that it takes the friction clutch L-position, seen in Figure 5. When it is desired to remove the brassiere from the form, the lower end of the leg 44 is tripped in the direction of the arrow A, as seen in Figure 5, whereupon the clutch is released and the bracket is then free to slide and to relieve the previously existing tension so that the fasteners 16 and [8 may now be uncoupled.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after coni sidering the description in connection with the drawings. tion is regarded as unnecessary.

Therefore, a more lengthy descrip- Minor changes in the shape, size and arrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. Means for supporting, displaying and retaining a brassire in a display position compris ing, in combination, a form open at its back, a fixture rigidly mounted in said form and accessible at the open back, and snubbing and tensioning means carried by said fixture. said last named means comprising a first bracket fixed on said fixture and a second bracket slidable on said fixture and movable toward and from the first bracket, said first bracket including a depending leg over which interconnected ends of the brassiere may be snubbed, and said remaining bracket embodying a leg having a sleeve and said sleeve being slidably and tiltably mounted on said fixture.

2. Means for supporting, displaying and retaining a brassiere in a display position with the ends of the brassiere coupled together and fastened without requiring the use of pins as usual comprising, in combination, a form over which the brassiere is applied andstretched and displayed more or less in a, conventional manner, said form being open at its back, a substantially U-shaped fixture situated wholly within the confines of the form and accessible freely by way of the open back of the form and embodying lateral end portions suitably fastened to interior surfaces of end wall portions of the form and having an intermediate portion, a first bracket fixed invention, what is on said intermediate portion and extending laterally therefrom, and a second bracket slidable on said intermediate portion and extending at right angles therefrom and adjustable toward and from the first bracket, said second bracket having a sleeve and said sleeve being slidably and pivotally mounted on said intermediate portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Smith et a1 July 25, 1939 

